Stalin's Regime

Stalin's regime was from July 19, 1941 to February 25, 1946. Stalin was a communist, following the path of Marxism as he lead the Soviet Union. Stalin focused mainly on heavy industrialization in iron and steel works, however, his industrial plans left many of his people poor and resulted in multiple famines. In 1928, Stalin replaced the Economic Policy with the 5 Year Plans, starting this period of rapid industrialization. After World War 2, Russia became the world's second biggest economy due to these reforms. However, on the dark side of all the reforms and economic progress, the people were forced into labor camps. The regime seemed to be like a complete dictatorship, and most likely was a complete dictatorship. Many dictators as we've seen tend to think of the country first, before the people. Such is the case with Napolean. Napolean's troops were dying and the economy wasn't too good, and neither were the people's lives. However, he thought about the military superiority of the country, instead of the people's well-being. During Stalin's reign, people lived in fear of Stalin's secret police and lived in poverty at the same time.

This wasn't beneficial to the people of social life in Russia. When a dictator makes his people live in fear, the overall emotion and attitude of the people becomes negative. This has been a debatable topic in history, whether or not the people should live in fear or if they should actually live with a leader they love. I feel that when people live in fear of their dictator or government, the chances of having a group of people to go against and rebel against the government. As always, of course, the overall view of a country is better when the leader is widely accepted and the country can be labeled as a "happy" country. For example, this happened in China, under Chairman Mao. Even though the people seemed to be clones of Mao and seemed almost brainwashed, they still accepted their leader with much love, that even boosted China's production. This is because when you have a satisfied working class, your economy will most likely be better than a sad and miserable working class that lived in poverty, i.e., the Russian economy under Stalin.